Bremerton Council Approves Annexation Petition

Bremerton City Council members voted unanimously Wednesday to allow property owners adjoining the South Kitsap Industrial Area to take the next step toward becoming part of the city.

In two separate petitions, owners of about 90 acres petitioned the city after Bremerton successfully annexed about 3,400 acres near the Port of Bremerton.

The petition approved Wednesday was supposed to represent 10 percent of the assessed property value of the land to be annexed. The next step will be to submit a petition representing 75 percent of the value of the property to be annexed.

That's a distinction that makes a difference in larger annexations. In this case, both petitions already represent 100 percent of the properties' value, but state law requires two separate votes.